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Religion Stats: compare key data on New Zealand & United Kingdom

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STAT New Zealand United Kingdom HISTORY
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 207
Ranked 14th.
332
Ranked 7th. 60% more than New Zealand
Christian > Mormon > Members 107,511
Ranked 15th.
188,462
Ranked 7th. 75% more than New Zealand
Christian > Protestant > Protestant percent 47%
Ranked 23th.
60%
Ranked 18th. 28% more than New Zealand
Islam > Percentage Muslim 0.17%
Ranked 146th.
2.7%
Ranked 101st. 16 times more than New Zealand
Jehovahs Witnesses 13,427
Ranked 62nd.
127,206
Ranked 13th. 9 times more than New Zealand
Jews 5,000
Ranked 44th.
300,000
Ranked 7th. 60 times more than New Zealand
Major religion(s) Christianity Christianity
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 0.9%
Ranked 127th.
4.6%
Ranked 92nd. 5 times more than New Zealand
Muslim > Muslim population 41,000
Ranked 129th.
2.87 million
Ranked 50th. 70 times more than New Zealand
Religions Anglican 13.8%, Roman Catholic 12.6%, Presbyterian, Congregational, and Reformed 10%, Christian (no denomination specified) 4.6%, Methodist 3%, Pentecostal 2%, Baptist 1.4%, other Christian 3.8%, Maori Christian 1.6%, Hindu 1.6%, Buddhist 1.3%, other religions 2.2%, none 32.2%, other or unidentified 9.9% Christian (Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist) 71.6%, Muslim 2.7%, Hindu 1%, other 1.6%, unspecified or none 23.1%
Religions > All Anglican 14.9%, Roman Catholic 12.4%, Presbyterian 10.9%, Methodist 2.9%, Pentecostal 1.7%, Baptist 1.3%, other Christian 9.4%, other 3.3%, unspecified 17.2%, none 26% (2001 census) Christian (Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist) 71.6%, Muslim 2.7%, Hindu 1%, other 1.6%, unspecified or none 23.1% (2001 census)
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 33%
Ranked 128th. 25% more than United Kingdom
26.5%
Ranked 135th.
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 66%
Ranked 14th.
73%
Ranked 9th. 11% more than New Zealand
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 11,376
Ranked 74th.
24,083
Ranked 59th. 2 times more than New Zealand
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 2.78
Ranked 78th. 7 times more than United Kingdom
0.402
Ranked 122nd.
Hindus 41,158
Ranked 41st.
832,000
Ranked 13th. 20 times more than New Zealand
Religious diversity score 0.811
Ranked 5th. 17% more than United Kingdom
0.694
Ranked 27th.
Hindu percent of population 1%
Ranked 18th.
1.7%
Ranked 16th. 70% more than New Zealand
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 3.4
Ranked 49th. 59% more than United Kingdom
2.14
Ranked 80th.
Christian > Protestant > Protestants 1.9 million
Ranked 28th.
36 million
Ranked 2nd. 19 times more than New Zealand
Jews per 1000 1.31
Ranked 30th.
5.13
Ranked 14th. 4 times more than New Zealand
Hindus per thousand people 9.34
Ranked 28th.
13.26
Ranked 26th. 42% more than New Zealand
Christian > Mormon > Temples 1
Ranked 8th.
2
Ranked 4th. Twice as much as New Zealand

SOURCES: Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France (Membership Statistics); Wikipedia: Protestantism by country (Top sixty countries by number and percentage of Protestants); International Religious Freedom Report 2004, U.S. State Department; watchtower.org - 2002 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide; World Jewish Congress (WJC), 1998; British Broadcasting Corporation 2014; Wikipedia: Islam by country (Table) ("Muslim Population by Country" . The Future of the Global Muslim Population . Pew Research Center . Retrieved 22 December 2011 .); CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006; Wikipedia: Importance of religion by country (Countries); adventiststatistics.org 2004 Annual Report 31 December 2004; adventiststatistics.org 2004 Annual Report 31 December 2004. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2122.html; Wikipedia: List of countries ranked by ethnic and cultural diversity level (Ethnic, Linguistic and Religious Fractionalization) (Natalka Patsiurko, John L. Campbell and John A. Hall (2012). "Measuring cultural diversity: ethnic, linguistic and religious fractionalization in the OECD" . Ethnic and Racial Studies 35 (2): 195–217 . Retrieved September 13, 2012 .); watchtower.org - 2002 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; World Jewish Congress (WJC), 1998. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2122.html. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints membership statistics (Caribbean)

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